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Having blue screen problem

Ok, so. Here's my problem. I recently had the problem where I couldn't do anything upon startup. If I tried opening something, it wouldn't open, my internet connection never connected, couldn't even do the "ctrl+alt+delete" thing and go to the task manager. So then I went to safemode, which worked, and searched for a solution. I used the simplest solution I found, which was downloading and running Malwarebytes. I found 2 errors, which I decided to delete. According to Malwarebytes, their Vendor was PUP.PrivacySafeGuard, although I don't know if that matters. Malwarebytes told me I needed to restart my computer to complete the fix, but when my laptop started up again, I had an error message that said something like this:
"There was a problem starting
C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\cleanup.dll
The specified module could not be found."

After clicking the ok button, the screen loaded up, and after about 10 seconds, a blue screen appeared! It said something along the lines of:
"A device driver attempting to corrupt the system has been caught. The faulty driver currently on the kernel stack must be replaced with a working version.
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you may need.
If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or sofware. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press f8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select safe mode."

This was all I was able to read before my laptop automatically restarted. If there is information I haven't given, just ask and I'll most likely tell you. Please keep in mind that I don't know too much about computers, so please keep your responses easy to follow. Thank you very much, I hope you can help me out!

Sorry for the multiple replies, (is there a way to edit?). Anyways, after starting up on Safe Mode, I got a message that says:
"Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown.
Windows can check online for a solution.

Okay, thank you very much for your patience so far. To get the Advanced Startup Options, do I click f8 when my laptop is booting up? It doesn't do anything right now. I'm a technical newbie, so sorry for the stupid question.

If you don't know something... it's never a stupid question.
When in doubt, always ask.

So back tracking a bit.... you had problems before you ran MBAM?

I recently had the problem where I couldn't do anything upon startup. If I tried opening something, it wouldn't open, my internet connection never connected, couldn't even do the "ctrl+alt+delete" thing and go to the task manager

I think we need to have a look at what else may be going on with this system.

We have a couple of programs we can use to get this information, but first i need to know if you can boot to normal mode or not.
Also if needed do you have another Pc you can use if we need to download anything?

I will try rebooting now and go to Advanced Boot Options and try the last known good configuration. And yes, I did have problems before MBAM, it seems as if the blue screen itself only appeared directly after I deleted the threats. However, before MBAM, there was about a 25% chance that I could do stuff normally, and a 75% chance that it would lock up, and preventing me from doing anything successfully. Finally, the rest of my family has mostly Macs, so that may interfere, but if needed, I may be able to get access to one of my father's laptops.

EDIT: Figured out how to edit, go me! Unfortunately, the same blue screen appeared, it didn't work.

1. This was after I tried the last known good configuration
2. Yes, if I boot normally, I get the blue screen
3. I can boot up in Safe Mode like that, yes.
Well, thank you for your help so far, I appreciate it.

I'll give you the information on how we're going to get a report from your system (although it's not working lol).
The instructions may seem complicated, but if you take it slowly you'll be fine.
If at any time you have any questions, just shout out and i'll help you through it.

In addition to another PC, you'll also need a USB stick (flash drive, pen drive etc).

2 terms we use
Clean Computer and Infected Computer.
The clean computer will be the one that you use to download the program on to ( hopefully your fathers as you said)
The infected computer will be the one we are trying to fix.

You may want to print these instructions out so you can have access to follow them.

Thanks for the report, well done.
I'll have a good look through it tomorrow as i'm just off to bed now.
I can see a few problems already, but i'd like time to go through the report properly before making any fix.

I added the FRST.txt to your last post as it's easier to read this way.
Let's see if we can get rid of the software conflicts first and possibly get the system to boot up normally.
The uninstall parts should be able to be completed in Safe Mode.

It is not recommend that you have more than one anti virus product installed and running on your computer at a time. The reason for this is that if both products have their automatic (Real-Time) protection switched on, then those products which do not encrypt the virus strings within them can cause other anti virus products to cause "false alarms". It can also lead to a clash as both products fight for access to files which are opened again this is the resident/automatic protection. In general terms, the two programs may conflict and cause:
1) False Alarms: When the anti virus software tells you that your PC has a virus when it actually doesn't.
2) System Performance Problems: Your system may lock up due to both products attempting to access the same file at the same time.
Having 3 AV programs running is a recipe for disaster!

Because of the conflicts i recommend removing all 3 programs for now.
We're not sure if any have become corrupted.